Neo-Nazi Arthur Jones has won the Republican nomination for one of Illinois' congressional seats.

Jones, a Holocaust denier and self-described former leader of the American Nazi Party, won the nomination by running as the sole candidate in Tuesday's GOP primary for the 3rd District outside Chicago.

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On Wednesday, Iraqi officials announced that an intricate cross-border sting enabled them to capture five senior Islamic State (ISIS) leaders.

The brilliant operation, which took three months for the U.S.-Iraqi coalition to execute, started with the capture of Alwaan al-Ithawi, an Iraqi known by the nom de guerre Abu Zeid al-Iraqi, whom Iraqis say is a top aide to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An Iraqi intelligence unit tracked al-Ithawi from Syria to the Turkish city of Sakarya. The Iraqis procured an intelligence file on al-Ithawi from the Turks; Turkish security forces arrested him February 15, then extradited him to Iraq.

After al-Ithawi had been interrogated for weeks by Iraqi and American intelligence officials who garnered information including the details and locations of other ISIS leaders, the U.S.-led coalition launched an airstrike in mid-April that killed 39 suspected ISIS members near Hajin, in the Deir el-Zour district.

Following the airstrike, Ithawi contacted several of his ISIS colleagues who had been hiding in Syria and induced them to cross the border.

Hook. Line. Sinker.

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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 3:17 pm

by DreadNaught

2018 is so confusing!

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 2:50 pm

by Mountaineer Buc

Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to make inroads in the national conversation when voices on your side are saying **** like this?

Sure, you guys on the right have your whackadoos too, but WTF!

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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 2:56 pm

by bucfanclw

Mountaineer Buc wrote:

Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to make inroads in the national conversation when voices on your side are saying **** like this?

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The liberals in Cali making super rich business pay for the homeless? Here ya go, wanna guess how it turns out.

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:42 am

by bucfanclw

So documents have been found that show AT&T execs that were tied to Cohen magically got a private meeting with Ajit Pai shortly after they made the payments. I'll take a wild guess that this was purely coincidental and there's no concern about pay-to-play now, right?

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:04 am

by Ken Carson

bucfanclw wrote:So documents have been found that show AT&T execs that were tied to Cohen magically got a private meeting with Ajit Pai shortly after they made the payments. I'll take a wild guess that this was purely coincidental and there's no concern about pay-to-play now, right?

Could be evidence of something, though they definitely didn't get their money's worth with Trump denouncing the AT&T/Time Warner merger.

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:11 am

by DreadNaught

Ken Carson wrote:

bucfanclw wrote:So documents have been found that show AT&T execs that were tied to Cohen magically got a private meeting with Ajit Pai shortly after they made the payments. I'll take a wild guess that this was purely coincidental and there's no concern about pay-to-play now, right?

Could be evidence of something, though they definitely didn't get their money's worth with Trump denouncing the AT&T/Time Warner merger.

Pretty much a bad deal in every way for AT&T. Didn't get the alleged outcome they paid for, and got a ton of terrible PR in the process.

Obviously not a good look for Trump either as this is exactly what most people hate about American politics in that lobbying/pay-to-play is how things get done. It's a reason independent voters gravitated towards Bernie and away from Hillary.

This will come back to bite Trump on the 2020 campaign trail when he talks about the swamp. Tough to rally against lobbying when your personal lawyer was taking money from AT&T in attempt to gain influence.

Sadly you can't even get facetime w/ 99% of politicians unless you pay the gatekeepers toll. Shameful..

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:44 am

by NYBF

DreadNaught wrote:This will come back to bite Trump on the 2020 campaign trail when he talks about the swamp.

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:53 am

by Zarniwoop

DreadNaught wrote:Sadly you can't even get facetime w/ 99% of politicians unless you pay the gatekeepers toll. Shameful..

I posted about this a couple months ago when that congressmen let it slip that he only takes meetings with those who contribute. It was a rare moment of truth from a politician

and it's Troll Toll

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 1:17 pm

by deltbucs

Ken Carson wrote:

bucfanclw wrote:So documents have been found that show AT&T execs that were tied to Cohen magically got a private meeting with Ajit Pai shortly after they made the payments. I'll take a wild guess that this was purely coincidental and there's no concern about pay-to-play now, right?

Could be evidence of something, though they definitely didn't get their money's worth with Trump denouncing the AT&T/Time Warner merger.

They got net neutrality nix among other things, I'm sure. And curious, when did Trump denounce the merger?

On an unrelated not, we've got bigger issues with the DoJ allowing the Beyer/Mansanto merger. The good news is that I bet we'll see weed prohibition be lifted soon because Big Pharma will own the seeds.

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:59 pm

by RedLeader

Gina Haspel, the nominee to run the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is all but confirmed after winning over the support of three key Senate Democrats — Sen. Mark Warner (VA), Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (ND) and Sen. Bill Nelson (FL) — on Tuesday night.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 1:25 am

by Alpha

RedLeader wrote:

Alpha wrote:Right!?

It's shocking to see opinions change from IMMEDIATELY (within a few months) of the deal being done and a few YEARS after the fact.

I suppose you're the guy nominating Hitler for Time Magazine's (fake news), Man of the Year?

****ing retard.

So you really believe more than half of Americans (1 in 2 people on the street) voted for The Trumpster?

Just drown yourself.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 1:37 am

by Alpha

RedLeader wrote:

Alpha wrote:Right!?

It's shocking to see opinions change from IMMEDIATELY (within a few months) of the deal being done and a few YEARS after the fact.

I suppose you're the guy nominating Hitler for Time Magazine's (fake news), Man of the Year?

****ing retard.

So you really believe more than half of Americans (1 in 2 people on the street) know enough about the Iran deal to support it?

Yeah. No.

Those are the same people voted for The Trumpster.

The "great unwashed" have NO CONCEPT of foreign policy. World events. Much less abstract concepts like how backing out of the "Iran Deal" will impact US standing and/or foreign policy in the future...or how it impacts our relationship with our European/Asian allies going forward...

The Trumpsters just want to come home after their 8 hour shift at the 7/11 and watch whatever the Walking Dead...or whatever the hot tv show is currently. Maybe after they get done banging their sisters and/or mothers. Or their place of unemployment. Whichever.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 1:41 am

by RedLeader

Alpha wrote:

RedLeader wrote:So you really believe more than half of Americans (1 in 2 people on the street) voted for The Trumpster?

Just drown yourself.

Nice comeback... a week later. Lol.

****ing drunk.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 1:42 am

by RedLeader

Haha.. that was quite the edit..

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 1:46 am

by RedLeader

Alpha wrote: The Trumpsters just want to come home after their 8 hour shift at the 7/11 and watch whatever the Walking Dead...or whatever the hot tv show is currently. Maybe after they get done banging their sisters and/or mothers. Or their place of unemployment. Whichever.